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by Thomas Ferguson
Woah. Live, Bonemachine are a sonic-electronic revelation, a riot of body-rattling bass and heartbeat-imitating beats set to the crunch of a six-string and the sound of jaws crashing floorwards. But this... this is just creepy. Their first dedication of over half a dozen tunes to disc, ‘Vent’ is a mini-album rammed with haunting songs – not in the way that the Daily Mail will tell you that a free CD of melodic power ballads is ‘haunting’, but in a way that you could actually wake up with a cold sweat on, hoping that the sound coming from beneath the bed is a bass line laced with guitars and not something a bit more sinister.

The album’s ghostly ambience is established from the off, with ‘Another Day Over’ coming on like DJ Shadow re-mixing a particularly gothic daydream, voices ranging from the high-pitched to low-drone samples and everything. Although, aside from the vocals, the same could be said about most of ‘Vent’s song cluster, an album that’s single-handedly dissected electronic music and proven that it’s still driven by a pulsating heart is hardly going to become dull anytime soon now, is it? Especially with these sort of tracks. Like ‘This Ocean's Angry’, which we’d call ‘chill-out’ if it wasn’t a disturbing ode to death in A&E (with ‘In The Air Tonight’-style stadium drumming, I may add). Or ‘The Message’, which goes from piano lilt to Dubya-sampling soundscape to the sound of paranoid android protest to a bassline-happy Death In Vegas-esque climax, all without losing face. That’s all before bringing in 'secret weapon' ‘Sleepy From A Bad Dream’, which despite being over thirteen minutes long and involving some rather lush orchestration is the closest they’ve got to a rousing, stitch-inducing anthem.

Add to the core six tracks Simon Heartfield’s ambient-acid remix of the gently twitching ‘Hold Me’ and what have we got? Chilling chill-out? ‘Emotronica’ (© Shooman 2004)? Hallucination House? We don’t know. We’re not sure we want to know. But whatever it is, we like – even if we do feel a bit disturbed…

  • Bonemachine 8 / 10
Words: Thomas Ferguson

Bonemachine - Vent

i've just read what their songs are about. i feel a bit sad now.

Bonemachine - Vent

don't feel sad about the songs thommo :-)

couldn't agree more with the review - have the album and it is awesome :-)

i think they are playing in portsmouth next month sometime (12th I think?!? check their website www.bonemachine.co.uk) - definitely worth checking out as they are kick arse live :-)


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yep I have one too, even went and saw them play :)
got to admit that the whole room seemed to be enjoying it!!

definitely recommend you buy the album and see them, they do a more rocky set live, very good :)

Bonemachine - Vent

Thanks to Thomas for the review, its nice to get a review where you know the writer has actually listened to the album :-)

there is a thread on our messageboard all about the background to the songs etc...... and yes they all seem to be fairly miserable..

www.bonemachine.co.uk

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Oh and we are playing live on

Oct 12th, Alcatraz, White Swan,Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth

Bonemachine
Cinder
Surfless

Bonemachine - Vent

this band really are very good, got quite a bit heavier since i first saw them in march and from what the album sounds like, but worth checking out both on stage and cd.

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I totally agree with the album review, I've been listening to 'vent' loads and especially love the message and sleepy from a bad dream, but its all good stuff, in a disturbing chillout way!
Have seen the band twice and will do again. Buy the cd!

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I need to check this out. Could do with seeing them live again 1st, though. My memory won't tell me what they're like.

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For my money, over the past 5-ish years, Bonemachine have been producing some of the finest electronica of the past 2 decades.

It's fantastic that they've at last got a finished product to show for all the hard work, and the tunes they've committed to CD are easily their best yet.

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are they cool, are they, well are they

am I cool, am I, well am I

Is it cool, is it, is it.

car crash

.....makes you think, doesnt it???




or does it

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Wed, Nov 17th, Oct

BONEMACHINE
with special guests The Cancer Project, Brenda, t.b.c.
The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
£4 on the door

bonemachine's debut album VENT will be available for a special price for this show.

DROWNED IN SOUND
"Woah. Bonemachine are a sonic-electronic revelation, a riot of body-rattling bass and heartbeat-imitating beats set to the crunch of a six-string and the sound of jaws crashing floorwards."

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DOH thats NOVEMBER 17th not OCTOBER

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Hey

We are still alive...... just finishing the second album 'Why Cant We Catch The Liars' this one is basically back to our roots loads of guitars, layered drums beats and synth bleeps, the tracklisting so far is as follows:

We Can Rebuild You
God Save You (America)
Red Light Receiving
Cheap Wine Stains My Lips
Stained But Pretty
The Tallest Statue
This Oceans Angry (Can You Hear Me Mix)
Blown Trenches
Your Eyes Are All White
Love Is The Lie We Build Our Lives On / Tallest Statue (Reprise)

MP3's available on the bonemachine site soon, email us if you would like to hear all the tracks.

cheers

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hurrah!
Yes i'd like to hear all the...oh right better e-mail you then...

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feck me we still have a fan :-)

Drop me a line and I will send you some promos




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